Articles by IPS Communication Foundation – Bianet
Journalist, event organiser on trial, face possible imprisonment, for “insulting, humiliating security forces” in discussion panel
(BIANET/IFEX) – Ersen Korkmaz, the owner of the local newspaper “Demokrat Iskenderun”, has been on trial for four years and a half over a paper he wrote entitled “They caught the leader of the Kurds and gave him to the fascists”, for a panel organized by Turkey’s Communist Party (TKP). Korkmaz and another member of […]
Kurdistan TV correspondents in Diyarbakir harassed, spied on and threatened by authorities
(BIANET/IFEX) – Northern Iraq-based Kurdistan TV’s correspondents in Diyarbakir claim that they face arbitrary discrimination by local officials and receive random threats. The station’s Diyarbakir bureau chief Mehmet Eren told BIANET that they established the necessary infrastructure in 2006 but have been harassed since then. “Although we totally comply with the legal framework, we cannot […]
Government tries to block pro-Kurdish television channel; 56 mayors face prosecution for opposing these efforts
(BIANET/IFEX) – Fifty-six mayors, most of them members of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP), are being prosecuted for sending a joint letter to Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, urging that he reject Turkey’s efforts to close down pro-Kurdish satellite television channel Roj TV. They face possible punishments of up to 15 years’ imprisonment. […]
CAPSULE REPORT: More restrictive laws, increased prosecution of journalists in 2006, shows BIANET report
(BIANET/IFEX) – The following is an abbreviated version of a 16 February 2007 BIANET press release: BIA2 Media Monitoring Desk releases its 2006 Report Freedom of Expression Cases Rise as 293 People Face Prosecution 2006 turned out to be the year when both the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the main opposition Republican […]